The Latest Breaking News from Western Australia

Regional towns in southern Western Australia have been confirmed as potential COVID-19 exposure sites following an annual sheep festival held at the weekend.

Western Australia's daily local COVID-19 caseload has reached triple figures for the first time with 115 new infections, and at least 32 schools exposed.

Another 62 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 are recorded in Western Australia, along with 13 cases linked to interstate travel, despite just 4,351 people being swabbed at PCR clinics yesterday.

More than half of eligible West Australians have received their third vaccine dose as the state posts a record 62 local COVID-19 cases.

It's been a shaky start to the year for Western Australia, with more than 100 earthquakes recorded in the state — and there are several reasons for that.

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As Western Australians wonder how the state's eventual border reopening might unfold, pundits often draw on the South Australian experience. But how comparable are the states and what bearing did SA have on Premier Mark McGowan's call to indefinitely delay the border opening?

Western Australia records 26 new local cases of COVID-19, with the source of six of those not yet clear.